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Monday, September 4, 2017

North Korea Threatens!

Seoul, South Korea (CNN)South
Korea strengthened the deployment of a controversial US-made missile
defense system and launched a huge show of military might on Monday in
response to North Korea's hydrogen bomb test.

Seoul
said the North appeared to be preparing to launch more missiles after
Sunday's test rocked the region. South Korea conducted a series of
live-fire drills and said the US was preparing to bolster its military
presence in the region.

Russia
warned that it would consider ramping up its military assets in
response, and China warned that the deployment of the missile defense
system, THAAD, risked escalating the already tense situation.

The weapon that makes North Korea more dangerous01:12

The
deepening crisis has caused frayed relations on both sides. North
Korea's continued belligerence was a blow to China, which has failed to
keep its ally in check despite persistent warnings. China said Monday it
had made a "stern representation" to North Korea over the test.

Meanwhile Donald Trump, the US president, opened up a rift with South Korea, saying it risked "appeasement" of Pyongyang.

Latest developments:

--
Briefing parliament, South Korean military officials said there were
ongoing signs that Pyongyang was preparing to test another
Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

--
Seoul said it would activate four Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
(THAAD) launch pads and said the US was considering the deployment of an
aircraft carrier and more bombers.

--
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Moscow could
increase its missile presence in the Pacific in response to the
deployment of the US missile defense system.

--
South Korea conducted a series of military drills, including a
simulation of an attack on the North's nuclear-testing site. More
live-fire tests would follow, it said.

--
The United Nations Security Council was due to hold an emergency
session in New York.. Leaders of Japan and South Korea held a 20-minute
phone call Monday to discuss tougher sanctions.

-- US defense secretary, James Mattis, said any threat from North Korea to the US would be met with a "massive military response."

South Korea's response

Seoul
responded to North Korea's nuclear test with a show of military might
that was intended to demonstrate its willingness to "wipe out" the
regime of Kim Jong Un, South Korea's Defense Ministry said.

South
Korea's army and air force carried out a joint drill that involved
multiple F-15K fighter jets and surface-to-surface ballistic missiles.
They hit targets off the country's east coast to simulate a strike on
North Korea's nuclear test site, according to a statement from the South
Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In
this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korea's
Hyunmoo II ballistic missile is fired during an exercise at an
undisclosed location on Monday.

At
a Defense Ministry press conference, Major General Jang Kyung Soo, said
South Korea had detected "continuous signs" that North Korea was
preparing another ICBM test. He said the North could launch the missiles
ahead of September 9, the anniversary of the day North Korea was
founded, in a show of celebration at home and defiance to the US.

He said South Korea plans to carry out another missile drill to show its "strong will and ability to respond."

On
Sunday Pyongyang claimed it has the ability to place a miniaturized
nuclear weapon on an ICBM. If confirmed, it would be a significant
advance for its weapons program, achieved far sooner than experts had
predicted.

Rift with Washington

President
Trump has not thought to have spoken with his South Korean counterpart,
President Moon Jae-in, since Sunday's test, though US and South Korean
military advisers have been in touch. Instead, Trump warned South Korea
in a Twitter message Sunday that "talk of appeasement" would not work.

It
was unclear what prompted the comment. In the past, President Moon has
advocated dialogue with Pyongyang. Moon's office responded by
reiterating the government would "pursue the denuclearization of the
Korean Peninsula through peace with our allies."

Adam
Schiff, the top Democrat on the US House of Representatives
Intelligence Committee, cautioned against criticizing South Korea.

"I'm
sure that Pyongyang enjoys seeing us fight with our own ally in the
region," Schiff said. "We need to be working hand in hand with South
Korea and with Japan... why we would want to show divisions with South
Korea makes no sense at all."

China embarrassed

Pyongyang's
actions appear, in part, designed to test the limits of China's
support. Experts say its latest nuclear test could have been timed to
coincide an international economic summit currently being hosted in
Beijing.

North Korea's sixth nuclear test

North
Korea has timed missile tests this year to coincide with other
important Chinese events, including a missile test during a summit in
May on China's "Belt and Road" regional economic initiative.

Geng
Shuang, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Bejing had
"launched stern representation" to North Korea over its nuclear test.
In a regular press briefing Monday, Geng said the test was "wrong" and
"against the will of the international community and will meet with
China's disapproval."

He said China
opposed North Korea's missile development program and said it wanted to
return to six-party talks as soon as possible.

Responding
to a question about the deployment of more US military assets in the
region, Geng said China hoped all sides would "work to ease the tension
instead of escalating the tension."

Trump
criticized China in his series of tweets Sunday, saying North Korea's
actions were a "great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying
to help but with little success."

Trump
also said that the US was considering cutting off all trade with any
country that carried out business with North Korea. That would include
China, which provides an economic lifeline to North Korea. China is the
largest US trading partner in terms of goods, and a trade war between
the two nations could be devastating.

North Korea's 2015 imports

Source: Observatory of Economic Complexity

Geng
said it was "unacceptable" and "not fair" to be sanctioned for trading
with North Korea when it is working hard to "peacefully resolve"
tensions. China was "committed to resolving this issue through dialogue
and consultation," he said.

International response

The UN Security Council was due to meet in emergency session Monday, the second in a week.

US
and its allies are looking to push through a new package of sanctions,
including measures to restrict oil shipments to North Korea, US
officials said. Most of North Korea's oil comes from China, and the US
believes that stopping these shipments would place severe pressure on
the North Korean regime.

After
meeting last week in response to North Korea's launch of a missile that
flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the UN stopped
short of announcing additional restrictions on top of those already
passed in early August. Those are some of the most stringent to date,
and the Trump administration has started punishing companies for doing
business with North Korea -- so-called "secondary sanctions."

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was drafting tough new sanctions against North Korea.

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